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Affinity Publisher...cost saver/Adobe replacer
December 23, 2019

Affinity Publisher...cost saver/Adobe replacer

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Affinity Publisher

We use Affinity Publisher for a variety of tasks, most commonly a weekly print material for our Sunday services. Affinity Publisher has completely replaced InDesign for us, and we love it! It creates an opportunity for us to save money monthly vs Adobe Cloud, and we're able to accomplish the same goals as easily across the board.
  • Content Layout
  • Large scale documents
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Tool crossover from other Affinity products
  • Saves money monthly over Adobe CC
  • Also works as a PDF editor (replacing more software!)
Affinity Publisher is a more cost effective way to achieve the same goals as InDesign and Quark. I'm sure there are various differences that Affinity may lack, however we have yet to run into one that our business has needed, or even recognized. It has completely replaced any desktop publishing for our organization without issue.
So far, when we've needed support, it has been top tier. However, I rate it an 8 because sometimes searching for things within the application hasn't yielded answers I've hoped for, so I've had to turn to YouTube or other outside sources. Thankfully there's a fantastic community that surrounds Affinity and their various apps that's been quite beneficial.

Do you think Affinity Publisher delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Affinity Publisher's feature set?

Yes

Did Affinity Publisher live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Affinity Publisher go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Affinity Publisher again?

Yes

Affinity Publisher really shines by allowing our organization to create large (in pages) documents that are easy to layout, adjust content, and eventually print via ourselves or an outside source. We love Affinity's cost and the ability to interwork with other Affinity programs. The only issues we wish weren't present is Affinity Publisher cannot currently open InDesign files from our previous Adobe CC use.